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16 March 2021
On 16 March 2021, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR), in co-operation with its human rights partners Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (AHRDB), Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR), International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), and World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), will launch a report entitled
Patterns of Torture in Bahrain: Perpetrators must Face Justice.
Drawing on first-hand witness statements by survivors of torture, the report is a comprehensive study on the specific ways and means by which torture is perpetrated in Bahrain, with a particular focus on the period since the 2011 popular movement and the violent crackdown that followed. The report not only seeks to describe how torture in perpetrated in Bahrain, it goes one step further by examining the concrete steps that need to be taken at domestic and international level to end the culture of impunity that facilitates the use of torture and prevents accountability.
15 March 2021
Lahore: The World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and Justice Project Pakistan released a joint report titled “Criminalising Torture in Pakistan: The need for an effective legal framework.” Published a day after a teenager was reported to have died in police custody in Peshawar, the report sheds light on the lack of appropriate legislation against torture in Pakistan.
“Torture by police is rampant in Pakistan », said former senator and Pakistan Peoples Party senior leader Farhatullah Babar at the online panel discussion organized for the launch of the report. “Nothing can be accepted as a defence for this crime.”
As a party to international treaties, Pakistan has an obligation to criminalize torture. However, attempts to do so have historically failed. A bill tabled by Senator Sherry Rehman is currently pending in the Senate. If passed, it would make torture by law enforcement agencies a crime for the first time in Pakistan. But first, it needs to
At a glance
Massive human rights violations have been recorded accross the country during the last decades, as the country has faced numerous crises. The protracted armed conflict in the eastern regions for almost three decades and the armed violence in Kasaï during recent years have generalised the use of torture and ill-treatment. Sexual violence has been used as weapon of war for the last 20 years but in general rape has been rampant in the Congolese society. We conducted several trainings with groups of women in the East of the country on the moniroring and reporting of sexual violence cases. This led to important advocacy before United Nations treaty bodies, including the submission of alternative reports before the Committee Against Torture (CAT). Despite the adoption of an anti-torture law in 2011, very few efforts were made to punish perpetrators and to train police officers and prosecutors. The role of the Agence Nationale des Renseignements (ANR, intelligence servic
The FIFDH announces the winners of its 19th edition
Veins of the World, have received the Grand Prizes of the festival
Shadow Game by Eefje Blankevoort and Els Van Driel
The 19
thGeneva’s International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH) has wrapped its first digital edition with the announcement of its winners. Running from 5 to 14 March, the event gathered nearly 45,000 people who watched the films, debates and various content available online. “While we regret not having been able to open this Festival to a physical audience, some of the experiments carried out this year will be perpetuated. We must pay tribute to the FIFDH team, which has been able to adapt to many challenges with increased energy,” mentioned general director